St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-10-20
A RAIL SENSATION.
Suspicious Of a General Shak-
ing Up in the Northern
Pacific.
The Resignation Of Mr.. Odell
the Beginning Of
the End.
The Brotherhood Of Locomo-
tive Engineers Now Meet
ing at Chicago.
A Statement Regarding the
Big Suit Against Gould
and Sage.

Mr.. OdelfS resignation from the
Northern Pacific management, and ac-
ceptance of position with the Hunting
ton system, has given rise to great
deal of gossip in railroad circles. There
seems to be a pretty well defined i'm
preston among railroad men that
Odell'S resignation was only prelude
to general change in the Northern Pa
cific management, and it is broadly as
serted that by the last of January he
will be followed by the whole staff. The
reasons for these sudden changes are
also the subject of gossip, and various
rumOrS are atioat us to the prospective
status and management of the Northern
Pacific 1t is asserted that Messrs.
Cakes and Odell went to New York
several weeks ago for the purpose of
raising money to bridge over a
temporary difficulty in meeting the
current expenses of the road and it
is further alleged they received no en-
enlargement in this efforl from those
from whom they had light to expect it.
The result was they came to the conclu-
sion that there was change contem-
plated i'll the management of the road
by which they and all the present in
cumbentS would be left out. and accor-
dinghy began to look around for soft
places to fall. As is already known,
Mr.. Odell stepped into good place in
the management of the Chesapeake Il
Ohio road. and it is said that Mr.. Cakes
has the choice of two good positions on
other roads, one of which he will prob
ably accept.
WHAT IT MEANS.
Il think that | can see to the bottom
of this Northern Pacific business" was
the remark of Il prominent gentleman
who is in Il position to know something
of the inside history of railroad manipu-
latiOnS. The much-talked-of Access
sion of Willard to supremacy in the road
is blind. 1t is true that Wizard is con-
SpicuOuS but he is only figurehead.
of vast amount of German
capital is all boSh, in my opinion. He
is simply there as the agent of the
Standard Oil company, which, if not
already in possession of the Northern
Pacific. will soon be its owners. OF
course this opinion is based largely on
circumStantial evidence, but you will
admit, after | have shown you the links,
that it makes a well-connected chain.
To go back TO the beginning you will re-
member that John ID. Rockefeller was
PIoiii4tSil uSulS III tIt Sg lulCdle
which recently bought the Baltimore &
Ohio from the CARROTS. Mr.. Rocker
Teller is president of the Standard Oil
company. as you know. His company
controls the Wisconsin Central. 1t is
also the owner of large iron interests in
the Northwest. Now, if the Standard
Oil company OWLS railroad line rum
ming from the Atlantic seaboard by
way of Chicago to st. Paul. it is the
most natural thing in the world
that it should want to extend
its road to the Pacific coast
thus giving it a great transeontinental
line. The Northern Pacific is just what
it wants, and in my opinion it is just
what it is going to have, if it hasn't al
ready got it. am more mistaken than
/ have ever been in my life if the be-
ginning of the new year does not find
the Wisconsin Central the connecting
link between the Baltimore & Chic and
the Northern Pacific and the whole
under the management of the most pow
erful corporation in the world"